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What Matters Most On Monday, October 29, 2018

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Some of the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, October 27, 2018. Top row, from left to right: Cecil Rosenthal, Richard Gottfried, Melvin Wax. Bottom row: Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, Danny Stein. (Courtesy of David DeFelice via AP, Barry Werber via AP, Avishai Ostrin)

Tributes pour in for 11 shooting victims

‘The loss is incalculable’: The stories of those who were killed in Pittsburgh

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Melvin Wax, 88, remembered as a ‘sweet, sweet guy’; Jerry Rabinowitz mourned as dedicated physician who blew shofar on Yom Kippur

A Pittsburgh police officer walks past the Tree of Life synagogue and a memorial of flowers and stars in Pittsburgh, on October 28, 2018. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

Gunman due in court as harrowing tales emerge from synagogue massacre

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The homepage of the crowdfunding campaign on LaunchGood organized by CelebrateMercy and MPower Change on October 29, 2018. (screen capture: launchgood.com)

US Muslims raise over $100,000 for synagogue victims

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Op-ed

The twilight for US Jews, and for the US, if Judaism’s core precept is forgotten

The Pittsburgh massacre marks an America polarized and shrill, much of it engaged in an orgy of hatred on social media — an online extremism factory. Judaism contains the remedy

A group holds a sign in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh during a memorial vigil for the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue on October 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, right, of Tree of Life/Or L'Simcha Congregation hugs Rabbi Cheryl Klein, left, of Dor Hadash Congregation and Rabbi Jonathan Perlman during a community gathering held in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, October 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Netanyahu thanks Trump in condolence letter to Pittsburgh Jews

Flowers and cards sit at a makeshift memorial down the street from the site of the mass shooting that killed 11 people and wounded 6 at the Tree Of Life Synagogue on October 28, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

Progressive Pittsburgh Jews say Trump not welcome in city

By AFP

Ballot boxes filled with votes from nationwide municipal elections are brought to the Central Election Committee headquarters for counting, October 22, 2013. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

ToI investigatesWho's being targeted, by whom? The PM's office won't say

Secretive crackdown on fake profiles shows Israel wide open to election meddling

By Sue Surkes and Raoul Wootliff

On eve of local vote, national cyber unit, part of Netanyahu’s office, reveals it has asked Facebook to close thousands of accounts used to spread false info about candidates

Sameera Rada Emran, a candidate for mayor in Ein Qinya, stands outside home on October 23, 2018. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)

Golan Druze communities set for first municipal elections — and many are fuming

Jair Bolsonaro, then a presidential candidate with the Social Liberal Party, waves after voting in the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia izquierdo)

Live updates (closed)

PM calls to congratulate far-right Brazilian presidential elect

Netanayahu tells Jair Bolsonaro, who has vowed to move embassy to Jerusalem, that he’s confident his election will strengthen ties between Brazil and Israel

7:26 pm

3 Palestinian teens killed in Israeli strike buried in Gaza
7:17 pm

Trump to travel to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to pay respects, after synagogue shooting
6:51 pm

PM to Bolsonaro: I'm confident your election will bring strengthening of Israel-Brazil ties

Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau March 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Chief rabbi says it doesn’t matter if Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life is a synagogue

David Lau says it’s clear victims were killed because they were Jews in a ‘place of clear Jewish character,’ adds: ‘I have a deep ideological disagreement with them about Judaism’

A mourner prays after laying flowers at the site of the mass shooting that killed 11 people and wounded 6 at the Tree Of Life Synagogue on October 28, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

Israel media reviewSave your prayers: 9 things to know for October 29

By Joshua Davidovich

Zionist Union leader Avi Gabbay speaks at a conference held by the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on March 11, 2018.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gabbay backs call to recognize non-Orthodox Jews after US synagogue shooting

By JTA and ToI Staff

Nowhere is safe

I’d be afraid anywhere, so I choose to throw my lot in with the Jewish people in our historic homeland

Condolences are not enough

’Jewish Unity’ is a farce when a chief rabbi of Israel can’t bring himself to call a non-orthodox place of worship a synagogue

The emergency button under my synagogue lectern

As a pulpit rabbi, the button was a reminder that to live a Jewish life is a potentially fatal act of defiance

Yonina Bendheim Jacobson

11 candles in Pinskers’ window

My zaidie spent every day perfecting the art of being a mentch; these precious souls were surely the same — that’s Pittsburgh

Driver's license photo of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers (Pennsylvania DOT)

Why the Pittsburgh shooter is not being prosecuted for terrorism

By Eric Cortellessa

Robert Bowers faces 29 charges, including murder and hate crimes, but lacked any connection to a State Department-designated terrorist group

United States Attorney Scott Brady, at podium, speaks with members of the media during a news conference in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue killer

By AP

The day after a deadly shooting, a woman looks at flowers as part of a memorial outside of the Tree of Life synagogue, on October 28, 2018. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP)

Hamas denounces Pittsburgh shooting, claims it’s a ‘victim of Israeli terror’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Miri Regev, center, visiting the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi with UAE officials on October 29, 2018. (Courtesy Chen Kedem Maktoubi)

In first, Israeli minister makes state visit to Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

Miri Regev says house of worship ‘has a message of brotherhood and peace,’ a day after Israeli national anthem is played at judo tourney in the city

In first, ‘Hatikva’ anthem played at UAE contest as Israeli judoka wins gold

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Following Netanyahu visit, senior Israeli minister to head to Oman

Poll finds most Israelis see EU as a foe rather than a friend

By Raphael Ahren

A SWAT team arrives at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a shooter opened fire killing and injuring multiple people, Saturday, October 27, 2018. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh synagogue killer had license to carry the firearms he used

Law enforcement official says Robert Bowers legally owned the weapons he is accused of using to gun down 11 people

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto addresses members of the media on October 28, 2018 during a press conference in Pittsburgh, after eleven people were shot dead and six injured during a shooting at Tree of Life synagogue on October 27, 2018. (Photo by Dustin Franz / AFP)

Knocking Trump, Pittsburgh mayor calls for gun control after synagogue shooting

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif seen during a meeting between the Iranian president and the North Korean foreign minister in Tehran, Iran, on August 8, 2018. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

Iran’s Zarif offers thoughts and prayers over synagogue massacre

People are reflected in a puddle after attending a service at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall to honor and mourn the victims of Saturday's mass shooting at the Tree Of Life Synagogue on October 28, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

Grieving Pittsburgh strains to see the future through the darkness

A Jewish community and a city struggle to come to terms with the horrors a day after a gunman burst into a sanctuary, killing friends and grandparents

‘I’m barely breathing’: Synagogue shooting survivor recounts terror

By MARYCLAIRE DALE, CLAUDIA LAUER and Allen G. Breed

‘In one day,’ safety of Pittsburgh Jewish neighborhood shattered

By Matt Sedensky and MARYCLAIRE DALE

Thousands of mourners pack emotional vigil for synagogue attack victims

By Jennie Matthew

Mourners take a moment at the site of the mass shooting that killed 11 people and wounded 6 at the Tree Of Life Synagogue on October 28, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

Week before synagogue massacre, HIAS led Jewish groups in ‘Refugee Shabbat’

By Caleb Galaraga

Gunman who murdered 11 in Pittsburgh decried HIAS Shabbat program; accused 137-year-old Jewish immigrant resettlement organization of bringing ‘invaders to kill our people’

Melanie Nezer speaking at a rally in Washington, DC in June 2017. (Courtesy)

‘Shock and surprise’ at shooter’s hatred of HIAS, says refugee organization’s VP

By Cathryn J. Prince

A screenshot of an October 24, 2018 headline from USA Really, a website that is reportedly run by the Russian government.

Pittsburgh killer spouted conspiracy theory promoted by Kremlin propaganda site

More Headlines

Members of the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group march, during a military parade in Gaza City, on October 4, 2018. (Anas Baba/AFP Photo)

Islamic Jihad vows to respond to deaths of three Palestinian teens

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen at a leadership meeting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party on September 10, 2018, in Berlin. (AFP Photo/Odd Andersen)

Merkel to give up leadership of party but remain chancellor — reports

By AP

Family members of the crashed Indonesian Lion Air JT-610 react at Pangkal Pinang airport, in Bangka Belitung province on October 29, 2018. (HADI SUTRISNO / AFP)

Indonesian Lion Air plane crashes into sea with 189 on board

By Stephan Wright and Niniek Karmini

Richard Gottfried, center, a victim of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre on Saturday, October 27, 2018. (Courtesy of Barry Werber via AP)

The Daily Kickoff: October 29, 2018

Illustrative image of a handshake (iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli tech firms raise $1.6 billion in Q3 as seed financing drops

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Sky Capture system in action (Courtesy IAI)

IAI gets $550m ‘mega contract’ with Asian country for air defense system

By Shoshanna Solomon

Pakistan's President Arif Alvi talks to journalists prior to departing to Turkey on a three-day visit, in Islamabad, Pakistan, October 28, 2018. (Press Information Department via AP)

Pakistan’s president says country won’t establish ties with Israel

By AP

Tair Rada (Screenshot)

State mulls reopening grisly murder case after DNA test raises fresh speculation

A Jewish family reunited in Budapest in 1943 following the arrival there of family members from Holland. (Courtesy of Willy Lindwer/via JTA)

When Dutch Jews found haven in an anti-Semitic Hungary

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Supporters of presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro sing the national anthem outside his residence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, during the country's presidential runoff election.(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Far-right, pro-Israel Bolsonaro wins Brazilian presidency

Illustrative 3D Illustration of Futuristic Robotic Walking Drones in Desert (richard eppedio; iStock by Getty Images)

Military sees surge in AI use, but not yet for critical missions

By Shoshanna Solomon

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks, during a meeting with the Palestinian Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 28, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Abbas: Unlike Balfour Declaration, Trump peace plan ‘will not pass’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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